Serological evidence and experimental infection of cynomolgus macaques with pteropine orthoreovirus reveal monkeys as potential hosts for transmission to humans

Serological evidence and experimental infection of cynomolgus macaques with pteropine orthoreovirus reveal monkeys as potential hosts for transmission to humans

ABSTRACTPteropine orthoreoviruses (PRV) are emerging bat-borne viruses with proven zoonotic transmission. We recently demonstrated human exposure to PRV in Singapore, which together with previous reports from Malaysia and Vietnam suggest that human infection of PRV may occur periodically in the regi...

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Main Authors: Chee Wah Tan, Kevin Wittwer, Xiao Fang Lim, Anna Uehara, Shailendra Mani, Lin-Fa Wang, Danielle E. Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Pteropine
orthoreovirus
cynomolgus macaque
bat
zoonosis
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2019.1621668

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